Need motherboard with ISA bus.
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NewtonianRefractor  Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 495 Credit: 225,412 RAC: 0 
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I know this is not Seti related, but I thought some of you guys in this forum could really help me out. At work one of the computers that was running some ISA card died, and we are looking for a replacement. Basically I need a motherboard with an ISA slot and it has to support a CPU faster than 1.7 GHz. The 1.7 GHz is a requirement for the software to install. We tried to get the card working in a Pentium 3 motherboard with the CPU running at 500 MHz, but the software refuses to install with an error message stating that it will not allow to be installed if the CPU speed is below 1.7 GHz. So I need a motherboard with a at least a socket 478 or 775 P4. All the motherboards I found online are over $250, which is not good. Can you give any advice? 
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Blake Bonkofsky  Send message Joined: 29 Dec 99 Posts: 617 Credit: 46,383,149 RAC: 0
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What kind of card is it? Perhaps it could be replaced by something with a PCI interface? 
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 BilBg  Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 
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usb2isa - USB 2.0 to ISA card (1-4 units, $149US each) http://www.arstech.com/item--usb2isa1.html http://www.arstech.com/item--usb2isasl.html    - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) ID: 1092410 · |
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NewtonianRefractor Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 495 Credit: 225,412 RAC: 0
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What kind of card is it? Perhaps it could be replaced by something with a PCI interface? It's a card that controls a AFM microscope. So the card can not be reasonably replaced.
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HAL9000  Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57
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In a quick search I found this place that has socket 478 board with ISA slots. ISA boards are still used in a lot of telephony stuff. Another options would be a passive back plane system where you put in a SBC(single board computer) with the computing grunt you needed. I didn't do a lot of looking but it looks like the P4 might be the newest you will be able to go to still have ISA. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours  Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[
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soft^spirit  Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0
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I am trying to remember whether or not an ISA card will work in an EISA slot or not... it has been too long. Janice ID: 1092435 · |
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BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0
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http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=Motherboard+isa&_sacat=0&_sop=12&_odkw=Motherboard+isa&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313 i845G (OEM) Socket 478 Intel P4 MOTHERBOARD 3 ISA SLOTS (Intel Pentium 4 up to 3.06 GHz) http://cgi.ebay.com/l845G-OEM-Socket-478-Intel-P4-MOTHERBOARD-3-ISA-SLOTS-/130498765771?pt=Motherboards&hash=item1e625523cb Intel D845GECL Intel motherboards with ISA slot 845GE http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-D845GECL-Intel-motherboards-ISA-slot-845GE-/390288113777?pt=Motherboards&hash=item5adefc0071 Itox G4E620 P4 478 ATX Motherboard 3x ISA Slots PCI AGP http://cgi.ebay.com/Itox-G4E620-P4-478-ATX-Motherboard-3x-ISA-Slots-PCI-AGP-/190517716167?pt=Motherboards&hash=item2c5bbda4c7 Supermicro P4SCA PENTIUM 4 MOTHERBOARD (P4 up to 3.4GHz, 3x 16-bit ISA slots) http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-P4SCA-PENTIUM-4-MOTHERBOARD-/350452374882?pt=Motherboards&hash=item519896dd62 Â - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)Â ID: 1092455 · |
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Bhagwanmike Send message Joined: 4 Jun 99 Posts: 44 Credit: 23,324,969 RAC: 31
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Should be backwards compatible; I am looking over stuff for an A+ cert, and the guide says that the ISA card will fill the top part of the EISA slot. ID: 1092462 · |
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NewtonianRefractor Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 495 Credit: 225,412 RAC: 0
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Thanks. I will take a look at them. Now to decide between them I would have to see if its easy to track down the drivers. I googled some of those motherboards and did not see anything good.
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BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0
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I have this Computer: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5732288 It is SUMICOM S620 http://www.kingyoung.com.tw/ http://www.kingyoung.com.tw/S620.htm Intel 865GV Integrated Graphics (Intel Extreme Graphics 2) is ~ as fast as NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Integrated Graphics (e.g. in Colin McRae Rally 2 (year 2000 ?) and in the desktop 2D interface) I don't know about Intel® 845G Chipset but the Drivers are here: http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-009236.htm Maybe the Graphics Driver for Intel 865GV and Intel® 845G is (almost?) the same. I hope you will not try to install Windows 7 on such hardware - you will not find drivers. Windows XP will be best.  - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) ID: 1092882 · |
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